Category Archives: beginners / elementary Level

Music Motor Match – A Rhythm Matching Game

By joy (admin) | Published: 4 May 2012

A large percentage of my studio right now is beginner/early elementary students.  I like having simple and short games to play with them at the end of the lesson that reinforce concepts we are learning in their books.  Motor Music Match is a game that I created with these things in mind.  Take a look: [...]

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Listening Sheet for Young Students

By joy (admin) | Published: 24 April 2012

As I mentioned last week, during my recent Piano Party/recital rehearsal I gave a listening sheet to my young beginners to complete as they listened to their fellow students perform.  Here’s what it looked like: I put each sheet in a plastic sheet protector and gave them a dry erase marker with a piece of [...]

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Review: Daniel McFarlane’s Repertoire for Students

By joy (admin) | Published: 19 April 2012

Australian composer Daniel McFarlane has composed a number of student-level repertoire books which are available on his website.  Daniel was kind enough to send me digital copies of his books so I could review them here. In appearance, all of Daniel’s books have easy-to-read scores with no illustrations.  The titles of each piece are in [...]

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Music Worksheet: Identifying Space Notes on the Staff

By joy (admin) | Published: 12 April 2012

Here’s a new free music worksheet that I just added to the Printables page: This worksheet introduces the idea of identifying the space notes on the staff using the mnemonics FACE and All Cows Eat Grass.  These are the only two mnemonics I use.  I don’t teach separate mnemonics for the line notes anymore (like [...]

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Rollin’ Rhythms Worksheet Activity

By joy (admin) | Published: 20 March 2012

I have a new Printable to share today:

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The Amazing Keyboard Race

By joy (admin) | Published: 15 March 2012

I had a wonderful extended weekend in Michigan, giving my presentations and spending time with my family!  Now I’m busy back at work, playing catch-up.  :)  However, I do have a little game I’d like to share with you today. I am not the original inventor of this game, I’m sure — but in case [...]

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Just Added: Treble & Bass Clef Worksheet

By joy (admin) | Published: 5 March 2012

Today, a new worksheet was added to the Printables page, all about the treble clef and bass clef!   This worksheet uses dotted lines to teach the student how to draw the treble clef and bass clef. I also included a couple of illustrations in this worksheet showing the development of the clefs over the [...]

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Just Added: Music Staff Paper for Stickers of all Sizes

By joy (admin) | Published: 27 February 2012

Guess what!  Tomorrow is Color In My Piano’s THREE YEAR anniversary!  Woohoo!  I’ve got a few fun posts and giveaways planned for later this week in honor of our anniversary.  But today, I thought I’d share this new printable:

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Just Added: Piano Finger Twister game

By joy (admin) | Published: 20 February 2012

I have a new game to share today: Piano Finger Twister!

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Just Added: “Gallery of Music” Symbol Drawing Worksheets

By joy (admin) | Published: 14 February 2012

  Happy Valentine’s Day!  I have a free printable to share today… This is a set of simple worksheets for having students learn to draw various music symbols.  The worksheets can be used singly or in groups, depending on what concepts your students are currently learning.  I would encourage students to use colorful crayons to [...]

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A Hello Song & Goodbye Song for Group Classes

By joy (admin) | Published: 9 February 2012
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When I shared about my method of lesson planning for groups classes a couple of weeks ago, I mentioned a Hello Song and Goodbye Song that I use with my young students.  Someone asked which ones I use, so I thought I would let you hear them in this quick video: HELLO SONG Hello, it’s time, [...]

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DIY Floor Music Staff for $10

By joy (admin) | Published: 6 February 2012

I’ve been wanting a floor staff for a long time.  Now I finally have one!

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